How can we develop a healthy focus?

It is often said that the things we focus on will grow, whether negative (self-pity, worry, pain, lack) or positive (success, gratefulness, friends, creativity).

👉Focusing on something is like looking through a magnifying glass; it enlarges the focal point and blurs the rest.

We decide, day in, and day out, where we put our magnifying glass. Are we fixing our eyes on the positive or the negative? The choice is ours, always!

Surrounded by negative news

The fact that we are surrounded by negative news doesn't mean we have to become sour and negative ourselves. While praying for our troubled world, we can ask for help in keeping a healthy focus. Actually, praying in itself helps us to fix our thoughts on God, and not on circumstances.

Ancient wisdom

I just love the fact that the ancient wisdom found in the Bible is just as applicable today as it was back then. I hope you will decide with me, to:

• fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever (2 Corinthians 4:18)
• fix our thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. To think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise (Philippians 4:8)
• fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith (Hebrews 12:2).

With a focus on gratitude, I wish all of my American friends a happy Thanksgiving!

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You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on You!

[Isaiah 26:3]

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